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-Phyllis Jo Baunach's survey of inmate mothers, conducted in 1979, is the first in-depth study of the impact of separation from the children on female prisoners, the study also includes interview data from parents providing foster care to prisoners' children, as well as brief analyses of several programs designed to overcome the loss of maternal-child contact when the mother is incarcerated. . . . While Baunach's study evaluates correctional programs, it also fits into the broad tradition of research on mother-child separation and its consequences. The book is useful for those developing criminal justice programs for women, for criminologists, and for family scholars.- --Nancy Stoller Shaw, Contemporary SociologyRead more...